Bottle-washer.



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BOTTLE-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed June 29, 1905. Serial No. 267,600.

. the following to be a full, clear, and exact deaccordance with the invention.

scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle-washing machines, and has for its principal object to provide a machine of simple'and economical construction by which bottles of any type may be rapidly cleansed.

With this and other objects in view, as will more fully appear when the nature of the invention is more fully understood, the same consists in-the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the bottle-washing machine constructed in Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on the linev 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the machine on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the main reciprocating carriage and the tiltable frame supported thereby. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, on a larger scale, of the bottlecarrier and a portion of the tiltable frame.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The various working parts of the' machine are supported in a suitable frame 1, having side members 2, the upper portions of which are provided with longitudinal slots 3, that are arranged for the reception of studs 4 and 6, projecting from the opposite side bars of a reciprocating carriage 5.

The carriage 5 is in the form of an open rectangular frame and is provided at one end with pivot-ears 36, carrying a short horizontal shaft 35, which serves to connect the lugs to the inner ends of a pair of links 37. The outer ends of the links are connected to a crank-pin 38, carried by the main operatingshaft 39, which may be operated manually by a crank 42 or maybe driven by power through a belt-wheel 40, a clutch 41 being pivotally employed in the latter case to connect the belt-wheel to the shaft.

Arranged within the reciprocating carriage 5 is a tiltable frame, the opposite side bars of which are rigidly secured to the studs 6. These studs project through suitable openings in the side bars of carriage 5 and at thelr outer ends carry arms 7, that are connected by helical tension-springs 8 to fixed eyes or studs on the main frame, the function of the springs being to hold the frame 10 within and in parallel relation with the side bars of the carriage 5. The studs 6 form trunnions or pivots on which the tiltable frame maybe swung to approximately vertical loading position, and the frame when so adjusted is engaged and held by a catch 32, carried by the free end of a leaf-spring 30.

The tiltable frame 10 is provided with bearings for the reception of a shaft 11, the front end of which projects through a recess 11, formed in the front bar of the carriage 5,

and serves by engagement with the bottom of said recess to limit the movement of frame 10 under the influence of the springs. On the shaft 11 is secured a disk 12, having a hub 13, through which passes a set-screw 13 the latter serving to lock the disk in any desired position of adjustment on the shaft. This disk is provided with an annular series of openings 14, the inner walls of which a e tapered to form seats for the bottoms of the bottles, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5.

The rear end of'the shaft 1 1 is of somewhat larger diameter than the forward or crankshaft end and is hollow in order that it may afford a passage for the washing fluid. On this portion of the shaft is secured a disk 15, having an annular series of openings for the reception of cups 16, that are arranged to receive the mouths of the bottles. These cups are provided with annular flanges 16 be tween which and the disk-face are arranged helical compression-springs 16 tending to force the cups tightly against the mouths of the bottles, and thus form tight joints therewith. Each cup carries a nozzle 17, that 1s arranged to enter the mouth of the bottle, and the rear end of each nozzle is connected by a flexible tube 25 to a nipple 25, projecting from and in communication with the hollow portion of the shaft 11, in order to conduct water or other fluid to said nozzles.

The rear portion of the shaft carries a cylindrical casing 21, which communicates with the hollow shaft through openings 20, and a fluid-proof joint is formed at the ends of the casing by the washers 18 and 19, the packingrings 26 and 27, and the clamping-nut 28. Projecting from one side of the casing 21 is a nipple 23, Which is supported by an arm 23 and is connected by a flexible tube 24 to a source of water-suppl The forward end of the shaft 11 carries a bevel pinion 33, that intermeshes with a bevel-gear 34 on the shaft 35, and said bevel gear is secured to a sprocket-wheel 43, which is connected by a link belt 44 to a sprocketfor convenience in manipulation. The rear end barof frame is caught and held by the catch 32, and the bottles to be washed are then inserted between the cups 16 and disk 12. The catch 32 is then forced downmanually or otherwise, and the springs 8 return the tiltable frame to horizontal position, shaft 11 entering the recess 11 and the bevel-pinion 33 engaging with the bevel-gear 34. On turning the shaft 39 the carriage is reciprocated and atthe same time rotary movement is imparted to the shaft 11, so that the bottles will be carried around and successively immersed in the water in tank 9. this operation water or other fluid may be constantly supplied through the nozzles 17 so that both the exterior and interior of the bottles will be thoroughly cleansed.

During I claim l. The combination in a bottle-washin machine, of a frame having longitudina slots, a reciprocating carriage having projecting studs guided in said slots, a tiltable frame secured to one set of studs, and supported thereby, at a point Within the carriage, arms secured to the outer ends of said set of studs, springs engaging said arms, and tending to maintain the frame in horizontal position, a catch for engaging the frame, and holding the same in bottle-loading; and unloadingposition, a bottle-carrier supported by the .tiltable frame, means for revolving'the bottlecarrier, and for reciprocating the carriage.

2. Ina bottle-washing machine, the combination with a frame,.of; a reciprocatory carriage supported thereby, and havinga-recess at one end, a main crank-shaft,-links connecting thecrank-pin to the-carriage, a shaft arranged to form .a connection between the linksand carriage,= a bevekgear and sprocketwheel on saidshaft, a-sprocketwheel on the crank-pin, a link belt connecting the sprocketwheels, .a tilting frame arranged within the. carriage, ashaft .j ournaled insaid frame, and provided'at one end-with abevelpinion arranged to intermesh with thebevelgear, said shaft being arranged toen-terthe recess at the end ofcarriage, springsfonretaining the tilting-frame inhorizontalposition, and a bottle-carrying means supported by the shaft onithe tilting frame.

In testimonyawhereof'Ihaveheretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY W. BOVVMAN Witnesses:

JAMES M. HAYS, J. H. BLACKBURN. 

